萨金特很快在巴黎确立了自己作为一名备受追捧的肖像画家的地位,吸引了这座城市精英阶层的委托。然而,他的崛起并非没有挑战。《玛德emoiselle X》(皮埃尔·戈特罗夫夫人肖像)于1884年在沙龙展出的丑闻威胁要毁掉他新兴的事业。对社交名媛维吉尼·阿梅莉·阿韦格诺·戈特罗夫的大胆描绘——她苍白的肤色、暗示性的姿势和滑落的肩带——被巴黎社会认为具有挑衅性和令人震惊的意味。尽管萨金特后来重新粉刷了肩带,但损害已经造成。因丑闻而心灰意冷,他于1886年搬到了伦敦,在那里为他的才华找到了更乐于接受的受众。在伦敦,他继续为富人和显赫人物绘制肖像画,以无与伦比的技巧捕捉了维多利亚时代的社会动态和奢华。然而,萨金特的艺术抱负超越了委托肖像画的界限。他渴望更大的创作自由,并日益致力于风景绘画和户外写生,拥抱一种以松散的笔触、鲜艳的色彩和对光线瞬间捕捉的关注为特征的印象派风格。这些风景展现了萨金特另一面——一个不太关心社会地位,而是更 attuned to 自然世界之美的艺术家。
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